bakechef
Executive Chef
My father was in the military, so I just kind of go with the flow on most words, and don't consider any option right or wrong. When I was in New Hampshire, a water fountain was a bubbler. Carbonated beverages were soda most places I lived, but here are pop and in New Hampshire were tonic. Then over many years I had to learn a few words in many different languages. Don't know enough to speak any of them! So few can offend me by their pronunciation unless they are trying hard to do it!
I, too, do have my limits. I am an aunt, not an ant. Probably comes from a French-Canadian translation from "tante". It isn't so much that I'm being stubborn, but just prefer my nieces and nephews to use "aunt". I find it amusing how people get offended if you pronounce something differently.
I grew up in Maine with a strong French Canadian background. I grew up saying aunt, after moving away I noticed that many people say ant, struck me as odd since it isn't spelled that way. I've had people comment on my use of "aunt" saying that it made me sound snooty, I thought that was hilarious.